Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pick a lane

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: pick- a lane
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To commit to an approach to something.

Example Sentences

""We both looked at the business and said, 'You know what? We still have over 100 million people using us worldwide. We have to pick a lane as to what we're going to be,'" Hirschhorn said."
"But I'm also left kind of wishing that Titans would just pick a lane and determine whether it wants to be about the team or just be a Nightwing show."
"It's going to be interesting because not only do teams sort of have to pick a lane in terms of whether they are buyers or sellers, but the sellers basically have to get their work done sooner rather than later."

Inflected Forms

picks a lane (present, singular) picking a lane (participle, present) picked a lane (participle, past) picked a lane (past)

Questions

What does pick a lane mean?: To commit to an approach to something.

How to pronounce pick a lane

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